The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 20Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1794 - History |
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... must not have acted their part amifs . The detachment belonging to the corps of artillery , were highly diftinguished , and did most effen- tial fervice in the gun - boats . But the fame impediments ftill conti- nuing , which prevented ...
... must not have acted their part amifs . The detachment belonging to the corps of artillery , were highly diftinguished , and did most effen- tial fervice in the gun - boats . But the fame impediments ftill conti- nuing , which prevented ...
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... must inevi- tabiy produce . The incendiary failing in his attempt to fet two or three of thofe veffels on fire , found fo ftrict a watch kept af- terwards , that he was obliged to change his mode of operation , and to fecure the ...
... must inevi- tabiy produce . The incendiary failing in his attempt to fet two or three of thofe veffels on fire , found fo ftrict a watch kept af- terwards , that he was obliged to change his mode of operation , and to fecure the ...
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... occupations , and declared open enemies , must have been expected , with a certain affurance , to be- take themselves to plunder , and to [ C ] wreak wreak their revenge on the com- merce of Great Britain HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 33.
... occupations , and declared open enemies , must have been expected , with a certain affurance , to be- take themselves to plunder , and to [ C ] wreak wreak their revenge on the com- merce of Great Britain HISTORY OF EUROPE . [ 33.
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... must now fubmit , however disagreeable to our feeling , to that chaftifement which we have too justly merited . The more we truggle , and the longer we perfift in the obstinacy of error , the greater fhall we find the meafure of our ...
... must now fubmit , however disagreeable to our feeling , to that chaftifement which we have too justly merited . The more we truggle , and the longer we perfift in the obstinacy of error , the greater fhall we find the meafure of our ...
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... or Spain , that any power- ful independent ftate fhould be established in America . Such an event must interfere with their commercial interefts in both worlds event 40 ] 1777 . ANNUAL REGISTER , Memoirs of the Abbé Terrai.
... or Spain , that any power- ful independent ftate fhould be established in America . Such an event must interfere with their commercial interefts in both worlds event 40 ] 1777 . ANNUAL REGISTER , Memoirs of the Abbé Terrai.
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Page 3 - ... religious factions, they seemed to be disarmed in my behalf of their wonted fury. My friends never had occasion to vindicate any one circumstance of my character and conduct: not but that the zealots, we may well suppose, would have been glad to invent and propagate any story to my disadvantage, but they could never find any which they thought would wear the face of probability. I cannot...
Page 266 - ¡rinds, tenements, hereditaments, penfions, offices, and perfonal eftates, in that part of Great - Britain, called England, Wales, and the town of Berwick upon Tweed ; and that a proportionable cefs, according to the ninth article of the treaty of union, be laid upon that part of Great-Britain called Scotland, 1,500,000!.
Page 111 - Then plunge under it with your eyes open, throwing yourself towards the egg, and endeavouring by the action of your hands and feet against the water to get forward till within reach of it. In this attempt you will find that the water buoys you up against your inclination; that it is not so easy a thing to sink as you imagined; that you cannot but by active force get down to the egg.
Page 138 - Hones had formerly been dug; and that it would have been no difficult matter to roll them down the hill after they were formed. I think this a very reafonable conjecture ; and have no doubt that it has been fo.
Page 74 - ... both capital and profit. They are the projects, therefore, to which of all others a prudent lawgiver, who...
Page 193 - Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail.
Page 259 - the necessity of preventing the American trade from passing into foreign Channels.
Page 75 - That there may be a continent, or large tract of land, near the Pole, I will not deny; on the contrary I am of opinion there is; and it is probable that we have seen a part of it.